A fact from Mahmud Jamal appeared on Wikipedia's
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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Comment: In Canada, Supreme Court justices do not need to be confirmed in order to sit on the Supreme Court (as they do in the United States), so his assumption of his Supreme Court seat is merely a formality. Also, "visible minority" is the technically correct term in Canada (see the wikilink); "person of colour", while used in the source articles, is a relatively rare term in Canada, being used mostly in the United States.
Article satisfies date and length criteria. There may be referencing quirks in the article, particularly with the following:
"On June 24, 2019, Jamal was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario on the advice of Justin Trudeau to replace Justice Gladys Pardu, who became a supernumerary judge." - the ref supports the claim about "appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario", but not the remainder of the text in that sentence
"He has served stints as a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Advocates' Society, and the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History." is not supported by the associated citation; this should be cited to ref 6 (
Ottawa appoints one judge in Ontario, promotes another) instead
Per the
Wikipedia:Did you know/Supplementary guidelines#Other supplementary rules for the article point D2, the paragraph "While Jamal's appointment is, constitutionally..." should have a citation. Hook is short enough and cited in text. This is nominator's NorthernFalcon first submission to DYK, so QPQ not required (article creator Patar knight has 6 DYKs). I prefer the original hook with the Canadian term. Once the two ref quirks are rectified, this article can be promoted.
Mindmatrix14:22, 21 June 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks to NortherFalcon for the nomination, I've been pretty busy recently and wasn't planning on nominating this. I think I've resolved these issues mentioned above. The stuff about specifics about how SCC nominations work is covered elsewhere, isn't really appropriate for Jamal's article, and will be totally forgotten when he officially joins. --
Patar knight - chat/contributions23:56, 22 June 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Patar knight and
NorthernFalcon: The first ref quirk mentioned above can be ignored. The second has not been addressed. The ref attached to the sentence "He has served stints as a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association..." does not support the claim made; I think it should be cited to ref 6, not ref 3. I've made the change myself (see
this diff), as it is a trivial change. Please ensure this is correct; once this is done, the article will be promoted.
Mindmatrix13:29, 27 June 2021 (UTC)reply